Russian “peacekeeping forces” symbol was found on the vehicles in Donbass
The Guardian has found more evidence of Russian military hardware operating inside Ukraine, spotting an armoured vehicle marked with the symbol of the Russian army’s “peacekeeping forces”. Their vehicle was marked in three places with a blue circle and the yellow Cyrillic letters MC – the Russian abbreviation for “peacekeeping forces”, the...
The political fate of Poroshenko will depend on price of the peace in Donbass
The war in eastern Ukraine has quietened, for now. Its disparate factions have as much reason to keep fighting as to put away their guns. But a ceasefire signed on September 5th in Minsk is so far mostly holding, the Economist writes. Deputy director general and director of political and legal programmes at the Razumkov Centre Yuriy Yakymenko...
Russia’s Baltic War
Having failed to check Russia’s desire to reconstitute its empire in Ukraine, the world now looks on as the Russian campaign in the Baltics picks up steam. The latest news is that of an Estonian agent apparently kidnapped from Estonia and charged with espionage in Russia. The aggregate total of the number of people who believe...
The wall at the Russian border won’t help guarantee the security of Ukraine
The length of the Ukrainian-Russian border is now 2,295km. Given the Russian aggression, Ukraine decided to build engineering structures with concrete fortifications, barbed wire, watchtowers, barriers with motion sensors and infrared cameras along the entire Russian border. The project is called „The Wall“, and it has already been approved in...
Putin took Crimea not without consent of the West
Director of Military Programmes of the Razumkov Centre Mykola Sunhurovskyi explained in his comment to the website Replika why the European Union and the United States of America had ailed to take decisive action so far to stop Russian military aggression in Ukraine. For Ukraine, part of whose territory has been annexed, and on the rest of which...
The volunteers battalions are very strong in Ukrainian society
The patriotic popular mood the volunteers exemplify puts Mr Poroshenko in a tight spot. Parliamentary elections loom in late October. Some Ukrainian experts expect battalion commanders with designs on political power to stand, the Economist writes. The battalions are “very strong in Ukrainian society”, says Mykola Sungurovskyi, director of...
Donetsk Prime Minister: Kiev Refuses to Coordinate Routes of Humanitarian Convoys
Kiev refuses to coordinate routes for the delivery of humanitarian aid, proposed by the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, Donetsk People’s Republic Prime Minister Alexander Zakharchenko said Monday. …read more Source: RIA...
Professor: Permanent Truce in Ukraine Difficult to Achieve, Despite Ceasefire Agreement
It will be difficult to achieve a permanent truce in Ukraine, despite the ceasefire agreement reached during the September 5 meeting in Minsk, Gerhard Mangott, professor of political science at the University of Innsbruck, told RIA Novosti Monday. …read more Source: RIA...
After Wales: Further Steps for NATO
The NATO summit in Wales last week didn’t do enough to meet its responsibilities in the external world. Its next steps should include taking meaningful steps in Ukraine, placing permanent troops in Eastern Europe, hitting its spending targets, and more. NATO cannot just take care of itself; it has to actively work towards solutions to...
Ukraine: Rebels Subject Civilians to Forced Labor
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email Insurgent forces are detaining civilians on allegations of violating public order and then subjecting them to forced labor. (Berlin) – Insurgent forces are detaining civilians on allegations of violating public order and then subjecting them to forced labor. Rebels appear to be using public order infractions...
